Word Meanings - TALLAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.

Related words: (words related to TALLAGE)

• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
• IMPOSTURAGE
  Imposture; cheating. Jer. Taylor.
• IMPOSTOR
  One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.
• IMPOSTHUMATION
  1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration. 2. An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.
• IMPOSTURY
  Imposture. Fuller.
• IMPOSTROUS
  Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.
• IMPOSTHUME
  A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
• IMPOST
  The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. Note: The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break. Syn. -- Tribute; excise; custom; duty;
• IMPOSTURE
  The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson. Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
• CAUSERIE
  Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
• IMPOSTURED
  Done by imposture.
• IMPOSTHUMATE
  To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.
• CAUSER
  One who or that which causes.
• TALLAGE
  To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
• CAUSELESS
  1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
• TALLAGE; TALLIAGE
  A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone.
• IMPOSTORSHIP
  The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.
• CAUSE
  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give
• SELF-IMPOSTURE
  Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.
• UNCAUSED
  Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.
• STALLAGE
  The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall. 2. Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.